Sharon Waxman
CEO & Founder, The Wrap News, Inc.
SHARON WAXMAN is an award-winning journalist, author and founder of TheWrap.com, Sharon Waxman represents one of the most influential voices in news media and popular culture. Since Waxman's launch of TheWrap.com in 2009, the premiere news organization covering the business of entertainment and media, she has successfully guided the daily news site to phenomenal growth as it today reaches over 2 million unique visitors per month. Prior to her launch of TheWrap.com, Waxman is best known for her work as the Hollywood correspondent for The New York Times, covering every facet of the industry's evolution during the 1990's and into the early 2000's. Leading up to her work at the Times, Waxman spent over a decade at The Washington Post, serving as both a correspondent for the Style section and foreign correspondent in Europe and the Middle East.
Sharon Waxman's Seminars
In early 2013, the AFCI and its industry partners will unveil a wide-ranging schedule tailored to filmmakers representing all budgets and genres. Popular topics at last year’s show included the rise of filmmaking in the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, China and India; candid conversations with the key players—a.k.a. location mavericks—of location filming; navigating documentary filmmaking on foreign soil; exclusive dialogue on independent and big-name movie making with the producers themselves, and much more.
In response to resounding demand, this year’s stimulating sessions will be conducted on the show floor, making it a cinch to join the action. Look for the full schedule in early 2013.
